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US$150,000 Katara Beach Volleyball Cup
March 11 - 16, 2019

(Q2) Grant O'Gorman/Ben Saxton, Canada

Grant O'Gorman
Canada

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 2, 1993 (32 yrs old)

Home Town:

Scarborough, ON

Height:

188 cm (6'2")

Weight:

88 kg (194 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Sydney 2018)

Career Winnings:

US$98,562.50

Ben Saxton
Canada

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 21, 1988 (37 yrs old)

Home Town:

Calgary

Height:

200 cm (6'7")

Weight:

92 kg (202 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

129

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Sydney 2018)

Career Winnings:

US$330,187.50

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	25	33	41	Money
FIVB	32	1	1	0	0	3	0	3	0	14	1	4	4	1	US$106,000.00

Previous Doha Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2016	Sam Pedlow - 17th	Did not play
2016	Sam Pedlow - 17th	Chaim Schalk - 25th
2018	Ben Saxton - 17th	Grant O'Gorman - 17th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	10/17-21/2018	Las Vegas Four Star	13	17th	320	US$3,000.00
FIVB	8/8-12/2018	Moscow Four Star	18	17th	320	US$3,000.00
FIVB	7/31-8/5/2018	Vienna Major	27, Q7	17th	480	US$6,000.00
FIVB	7/17-22/2018	Haiyang Three Star	2	17th	240	US$1,500.00
FIVB	7/9-14/2018	Gstaad Major	Q2	33rd	240	US$0.00
FIVB	7/3-8/2018	Espinho Four Star	14	5th	480	US$6,000.00
FIVB	6/27-7/1/2018	Poland Four Star	21	5th	480	US$6,000.00
FIVB	6/20-24/2018	Ostrava Four Star	21	17th	320	US$3,000.00
FIVB	5/16-20/2018	Itapema Four Star	10	17th	320	US$3,000.00
FIVB	5/1-6/2018	Huntington Beach Four Star	19	25th	180	US$1,500.00
FIVB	4/18-22/2018	Xiamen Four Star	15	17th	320	US$3,000.00

Doha Four Star Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 3/12/2019	Qualifier 2	Kusti Nolvak / Mart Tiisaar, Estonia (30, Q15)	Lost 17-21, 18-21	0:36

Team Finishes By Tournament Type

Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-6th	7-8th	9-12th	13-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$7,000.00
World Tour Finals	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	$22,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	22	0	0	0	0	3	0	3	0	10	3	0	$63,500.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$13,500.00
Total	32	1	1	0	0	3	0	3	0	15	4	0	$106,000.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Grant O'Gorman												Ben Saxton
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$3,500.00	World Championships	5	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	0	0	$28,500.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	World Tour Finals	4	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	$20,750.00
23	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	6	0	$34,750.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	54	0	1	3	0	3	14	14	10	0	$222,675.00
46	0	0	0	0	6	11	16	7	0	$51,212.50	Challenge/Four Star/Open	52	0	0	1	0	4	7	12	10	0	$49,362.50
7	1	1	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	$9,100.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$6,750.00
											Challenger	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$925.00
											Satellite	5	0	0	0	0	3	1	1	0	0	$1,225.00
2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships
2	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$0.00
82	1	2	1	0	6	17	24	13	0	$98,562.50	Total	129	1	2	4	1	14	25	33	20	0	$330,187.50

Team Finishes by Season

			Results												Matches
Season	Assoc	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-6th	7-8th	9-12th	13-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Won	Lost	Pct
2018	FIVB	14	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	8	1	1	$52,000.00	28	24	53.8 %
2019	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	$3,000.00	1	3	25.0 %
Total	FIVB	16	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	9	1	2	$55,000.00	29	27	51.8 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Grant O'Gorman													Ben Saxton
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2005	FIVB C&S	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$175.00
											2005	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
											2006	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
											2007	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2007	FIVB C&S	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	$550.00
											2008	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00
											2008	FIVB C&S	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$975.00
											2009	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	$1,000.00
											2010	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	$0.00
											2010	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$450.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2010	FIVB Age Group WC
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2011	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	4	$11,950.00
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2011	FIVB Age Group WC
											2012	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	4	$9,175.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2012	FIVB Age Group WC
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	$2,750.00	2013	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	1	4	2	1	3	$25,075.00
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2013	FIVB Age Group WC
7	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	2	$3,600.00	2014	FIVB	11	0	0	1	0	1	4	3	2	0	$50,000.00
10	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	7	$4,687.50	2015	FIVB	11	0	1	1	0	2	3	2	2	0	$75,650.00
17	0	0	0	0	2	7	4	2	2	$24,175.00	2016	FIVB	15	0	0	2	1	2	7	2	1	0	$73,187.50
8	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	3	1	$10,350.00	2017	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	3	0	$29,000.00
14	1	0	0	0	3	0	8	1	1	$26,000.00	2018	FIVB	14	1	0	0	0	3	0	8	1	1	$26,000.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	$1,500.00	2019	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	$1,500.00
65	1	1	1	0	6	14	17	10	15	$73,062.50	Total	Total	113	1	1	4	1	14	22	27	17	26	$304,687.50

Team Match Records

	Won 1st Set								Lost 1st Set								2 Set Matches		3 Set Matches		By Forfeit		All Matches
Season	Won 2-0		Won 2-1		Lost 2-1		Overall		Won 2-1		Lost 2-1		Lost 2-0		Overall		Overall		Overall		Won	Lost	Overall
Overall	34	66.7%	6	11.8%	11	21.6%	40-11	78.4%	12	21.4%	10	17.9%	34	60.7%	12-44	21.4%	34-34	50.0%	18-21	46.2%	1	0	53-55	49.1%
2018-2019	31	70.5%	6	13.6%	7	15.9%	37-7	84.1%	9	20.5%	9	20.5%	26	59.1%	9-35	20.5%	31-26	54.4%	15-16	48.4%	1	0	47-42	52.8%
Against the Field	15	62.5%	2	8.3%	7	29.2%	17-7	70.8%	6	20.0%	7	23.3%	17	56.7%	6-24	20.0%	30-32	48.4%	16-28	36.4%	1	0	24-30	44.4%

Team Match Records by Round

	Country Quota		Qualifier		Pool Play		Lucky Loser		Elimination Rounds		Semi-Finals		Bronze Medal		Gold Medal		Overall
Tournament Type	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost
World Championships	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
World Tour Finals	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	7	1	3	5	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	9
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	2	3	16	20	0	0	9	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	28	40
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	4	1	2	0	0	0	1	1	12	3
Total	0	0	10	5	26	27	0	0	13	21	2	0	0	0	1	1	53	55

Head to Head Results
O'Gorman/Saxton trail the series against the field 12-13 (Lead 8 Series, Trail 7 Series, 4 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 1 Tijan/Younousse, Qatar 1-0
4/19/18	FIVB	Xiamen Four Star	Pool B	O'Gorman/Saxton	15	Tijan/Younousse	18	25-23, 21-18	0:39
Series tied with # 2 Bryl/Fijalek, Poland 1-1
8/3/18	FIVB	Vienna Major	Winner 1	Bryl/Fijalek	14	O'Gorman/Saxton	27, Q7	21-18, 21-14	0:37
1/6/18	FIVB	The Hague Four Star	Winner 2	O'Gorman/Saxton	11	Bryl/Fijalek	7	22-20, 21-17	0:35
Trail the series against # 3 Samoilovs/Smedins, Latvia 0-1
6/30/18	FIVB	Poland Four Star	Winner 3	Samoilovs/Smedins	10	O'Gorman/Saxton	21	21-16, 21-15	0:32
Lead the series against # 4 Gavira/Herrera, Spain 1-0
6/21/18	FIVB	Ostrava Four Star	Pool E	O'Gorman/Saxton	21	Gavira/Herrera	12	23-21, 21-18	0:36
Series tied with # 6 Kantor/Losiak, Poland 1-1
8/2/18	FIVB	Vienna Major	Pool F	O'Gorman/Saxton	27, Q7	Kantor/Losiak	6	21-19, 21-19	0:33
6/22/18	FIVB	Ostrava Four Star	Pool E	Kantor/Losiak	5	O'Gorman/Saxton	21	21-15, 21-16	0:31
Trail the series against # 7 Brouwer/Meeuwsen, Netherlands 0-1
4/20/18	FIVB	Xiamen Four Star	Pool B	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	2	O'Gorman/Saxton	15	21-19, 21-11	0:33
Lead the series against # 8 Lupo/Nicolai, Italy 1-0
6/30/18	FIVB	Poland Four Star	Winner 2	O'Gorman/Saxton	21	Lupo/Nicolai	2	19-21, 21-17, 15-13	0:50
Lead the series against # 12 Thole/Wickler, Germany 1-0
7/6/18	FIVB	Espinho Four Star	Pool C	O'Gorman/Saxton	14	Thole/Wickler	19, Q1	21-18, 19-21, 16-14	0:52
Trail the series against # 13 Cerutti/Loyola, Brazil 0-2
8/10/18	FIVB	Moscow Four Star	Winner 1	Cerutti/Loyola	13	O'Gorman/Saxton	18	21-17, 21-16	0:33
8/3/18	FIVB	Vienna Major	Pool F	Cerutti/Loyola	11	O'Gorman/Saxton	27, Q7	19-21, 21-16, 15-9	0:45
Lead the series against # 16 Pedlow/Schachter, Canada 1-0
2/28/18	FIVB	Fort Lauderdale Major	Pool A	O'Gorman/Saxton	17	Pedlow/Schachter	16	21-19, 20-22, 15-13	0:51
Trail the series against # 17 Dalhausser/Lucena, United States 0-2
3/8/18	FIVB	Doha Four Star	Winner 1	Dalhausser/Lucena	1	O'Gorman/Saxton	14	21-15, 21-15	0:37
3/1/18	FIVB	Fort Lauderdale Major	Pool A	Dalhausser/Lucena	1	O'Gorman/Saxton	17	21-15, 21-16	0:33
Trail the series against # 22 Perusic/Schweiner, Czech Republic 0-1
4/20/18	FIVB	Xiamen Four Star	Winner 1	Perusic/Schweiner	29, Q11	O'Gorman/Saxton	15	21-18, 14-21, 15-13	0:46
Lead the series against # 23 Gerson/Heidrich, Switzerland 1-0
6/29/18	FIVB	Poland Four Star	Winner 1	O'Gorman/Saxton	21	Gerson/Heidrich	20, Q1	21-17, 23-21	0:38
Trail the series against # 26, Q6 Giginoglu/Gogtepe, Türkiye 0-1
7/10/18	FIVB	Gstaad Major	Qualifier 2	Giginoglu/Gogtepe	27, Q15	O'Gorman/Saxton	Q2	18-21, 21-15, 15-13	0:48
Lead the series against # 28, Q9 Ha/Wu, China 1-0
3/7/18	FIVB	Doha Four Star	Pool C	O'Gorman/Saxton	14	Ha/Wu	30	17-21, 21-14, 15-13	0:47
Trail the series against # 30, Q15 Nolvak/Tiisaar, Estonia 0-1
3/12/19	FIVB	Doha Four Star	Qualifier 2	Nolvak/Tiisaar	30, Q15	O'Gorman/Saxton	Q2	21-17, 21-18	0:36
Series tied with # Q8 Evans/Kolinske, United States 1-1
5/4/18	FIVB	Huntington Beach Four Star	Contender 2	Evans/Kolinske	30	O'Gorman/Saxton	19	21-16, 13-21, 15-5	0:43
11/25/17	FIVB	Sydney Two Star	Semi-Finals	O'Gorman/Saxton	2	Evans/Kolinske	10	18-21, 21-19, 15-9	0:53
Lead the series against # Q17 Gomez/Rangel, Venezuela 1-0
5/18/18	FIVB	Itapema Four Star	Pool G	O'Gorman/Saxton	10	Gomez/Rangel	26	21-16, 21-15	0:35
Series tied with # Q21 Kazdailis/Rumsevicius, Lithuania 1-1
8/10/18	FIVB	Moscow Four Star	Pool B	O'Gorman/Saxton	18	Kazdailis/Rumsevicius	31, Q12	21-12 Retired	0:14
5/17/18	FIVB	Itapema Four Star	Pool G	Kazdailis/Rumsevicius	23, Q2	O'Gorman/Saxton	10	17-21, 21-19, 15-11	0:46